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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-03

by year. AS our population increases,
the struggle for existence becomes
iercer and fiercer. The young man
starting out in life with nothing but
his talents for his fortune finds every
avenue filed with others, like himself,
anxious to begin the battle of life; to,
succeed amid this pushing. battling
throng, he must cast off all things that
impede has progress. As ma ters al
ready stand, there is nothing that will
more surely handicap him than the
habit OF indulgence in rum. Besides
the expense of such habit-an ex-
pense that young men can ill-afford-
aside from the fact that this habit pre-
cludes his ever becoming as excellent
workman, as valuable clerk or
employee as his sober competitor; aside
from the fact that he shortens, by in
diligence in this habit, the number of
years in which he is fit for hard mental
or physical labor, as well as actually
shortening his entire life-term by at
least one-third-there is this one great
fact staring him in the face at every
turn, that employers do not desire the
services of Incorporate men, when
temperate ones, equally capable, can
be obtained. The young man who
drinks can never obtain the entire con-
fidence of his employer thing which
is absolutely necessary if he desires
rapid progress along the road which
leads to honor. wealth and fame.
The above array of facts is one which
is worthy of the careful consideration
of every young man about starting out
in life. They are none the less true
because not so widely understood and
so constantly indoctrinated as other
facts bearing upon the question of sue
cess or failure in life. The position is
often taken that it is none of the en-
ployer's business what the employee
may do when not actually engaged in
his daily avocations. This is false
bit of logic as applied to the rum
habit, because any indulgence in drink
has its effect upon the mental and
physical system, and, consequently,
affects, to greater or less degree, the
working capacity. 1t is a well-ascer-
tanned fact that the drinking man can
not do as much work, nor do it as
well, and can not be so certainly de-
pended upon as the one who does not
drink; hence, it is matter in which
the employer has a legitimate right to
interfere. In the fierce competition of
the working world to-day, the man
who lets rum alone has the advantage.
All young men should note this fact
and be guided thereby. They owe
this duty to themselves and to their
fellow men. Toledo Blade.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


king Humbert w. of Italy is about
forty-three years old. passably hand
some and = brave, humane and popu-
lar ruler.
Queen Victoria has in Windsor.
Castle three vases valued at 800, 600
and Sevres dinner-service worth
S250,OO0.
Captain James II. Mcdonald, one
of the supervisors of San Francisco,
has donated his monthly salary, 500,
to charitable purposes.
A Chicago contemporary assures
its readers that ut never sleeps This
possibly explains the drowsiness of its
columns brakes Travelers' Maga-
zine.
Mr.. Beecher's greatest taste in art
was for etchings and engravings. of
which he had some two thousand, in.
GLIDING plates by some of the most
eminent masters.
Senator Stanford owns the largest
| vineyard in the world. 1t is in Te-
hama County, and contains $500 acres
in bearing vines. The entire ranch
comprises 1000 acres.
"A new and complete edition of the
writings of Calico, in. twenty volumes,
is to be published at Florence, under
the authorization of the Italian Minis
ter of Public Instruction. 80 United
Presbyterian.
John L. Mitchell, the son and heir
of the late Alexander Mitchell, is short
in stature, with shrewd Scotch face.
He has a flowing full brown beard
which reaches half way down to his
waist, and wears steel-bowed specta-
Giles.
The Princess of Wales has had her
daughters taught the complete art of
dress-making. The Princess herself
understands both its theory and prac-
tice, and this is one reason why she is
always SO perfectly dressed. -Harper's
Bdzdr.
An exchange remarks: If the ma
jority of readers were to express their
honest opinions concerning the authors
whom they read, one of their opinions
would be that nearly all, if indeed, not
all, authors have written too much.
Scarcely a newspaper existed in Ja-
pan twenty years ago, and now there
are SOL. The book trade has also made
a remarkable advance with the advent
of printing in Japan, there being 1858
book-shops supplying the wants of the
inhabitants Of that empire. -Philadel-
phia Press.
Ezra D. Stiles, of Skaneatles, N.
Y, claims to be the oldest Mason on
this continent, if not in the world. He
became Mason in September, 1877,
in a lodge held in Augusta, N. Y, and
in the following winter Joined the
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in New
Hartford, so he has been Mason
nearly seventy years. Mr.. Stiles was
ninety-one years old the 18th day of
March last. and is hearty. - N. 7.
Sun.
The Queen of Roumania fell into
throne by falling downstairs. When
there was no Kingdom of Roumania in
existence she had laughingly said: 81
do not want to marry unless can be
Queen of Roumania.' Running down
the palace stairs at Berlin one day her
foot slipped, and she would probably
have been killed but for Prince Charles
of Hohenzollern, who saw her danger
and caught her in his outstretched
arms. When Roumania chose him for
q ruler he claimed the Princess as his
bride. Chicago Tribune.
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NOTES ON DRAINAGE.
Why System of Partial DRAMA ge Is Suf
ffcient in This Country.


Why System of Partial DRAMA ge Is Suf
ficient in This Country.
The work of draining is sometimes
peremptory, but most often is one upon
which the common beliefs founded
upon English practices are misleading,
and sometimes it is ruinous to farmers,
who are led astray by writer's who have
no practical experience. Thus we hear
of "cold land" which needs warming
by draining with tiles, which, when not
full of water, let in the warm air and
aerate the soil. Nothing could be
more delusive than this idea, &hich is
borrowed from English sources, but
which is not applicable here. The pre-
vailing soil in England is stiff blue
clay which holds the water, and, of
course, the air is excluded from it.
Hence. in England. tile draining is
much more widely needed than here,
especially as the English climate is
moist and cold, as rule, and con-
slant drizzle of misty rains succeed
each other at short intervals. 1t is a
real umbrella climate, while ours calls
for sun-shades. Some of our soils
which are Based on stiff clay need thor
ough drainage; but such cases are rare,
and thorough blowing would generally
serve as well as drains. The majority
of cases need only partial draining to
carry the water from springs and
sloughs, and the aeration of the soil
follows the escape of the water, not
through the tiles, but in consequence
of the atmospheric pressure and varia-
tons OF soil temperature, which pro-
duce currents Of afr and constant ct
mosphefle changes. IN I. Times
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The remedies Aor fruit tree insects
may also be applied TO shade and orna-
mental trees.
Orchard grass must be cut early;
that is, when it first begins to blossom,
for after blooming the indigestible
woody fiber forms rapidly.
There is nothing better for wives
and daughters, physically, than to
have the care of a garden flower
pot, if nothing more.-Co nnecticM
Farmer.
Pop Overs. Three eggs, little
salt, one pint of milk, one and a halt
pints of flour, and butter the size OF
an egg. Bake one-half hour in earth
en- pop over cups. Household.
To make a ton of corn fodder
worth as much as the same weight of
timothy hay, add to corn fodder five
hundred pounds of grain food. This
will balance the account for value.
1t has been well said that the art
of cooking is not so much in roasting a
turkey or a piece of beef we'll as in
using up cold portions of meat so as to
make palatable dishes. Christian at
Wors.
"A soft and useful ball for the little
ones may be made very easily. Take
a fancy stocking and cut off few
inches of the top. Gather one end
neatly and fill it with cotton and finish
by gathering the other end.
Dipping strawberry roots and the
roots of other plants liable to be eaten
by cut worms and grubs, into solu-
ton of paris green or other arsenical
poison of sufficient strength, will pro-
tect the roots from this pest. Home
and Farm.
Lands that are overstocked Enot
only yield less food, but the animals
pastured upon them make less yield
in beef or milk than when the stock is
in proportion to the capacity of the
lands for producing food. = Farm,
Field and Stoc6man.
Nice Doughnuts. - One egg, one
cup of sugar, one large cup of milk, a
piece of butter not quite the size of an
egg, one teaspoonful soda, two tea
spoonfuls of cream tartar, little salt
and ginger. Flour sufficient to mold
and roll out. Fry in hot lard. Boston
Budget.
Prof. Roberts says that whenever
we sell 5000 worth of wheat we sell
$57 worth of plant food. Butter, 5000
worth at twenty-five cents per pound,
takes but half a dollars worth of plant
food. When we sell a horse for 5000,
we have parted with but 81 worth.
The lesson is obvious, less wheat and
more stock. = Cincinnati Times.
George Campbell says: Thirty
years ago planted Delaware vine,
and after great care for three years I
had nine canes. Of the 800 clusters
that set on these canes 200 were
promptly cut off, only 4 new canes
being permitted to grow. I had 100
punches of as fine Delawares as ever
saw. Without this care / would have
had 800 clusters of small, inferior
grapes, and an exhausted vine. st.
Louis Republican.
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UNDER The GALLONS.
A Condemned Mans Last Words "Run
Made Me a Murderer"

A Condemned Mans Last Words "Ruua
Made Nc Murderer"
A few weeks ago Peter Smith paid
the penalty of murder by being hanged
in the Tombs, New York. On the
night before his execution he talked
freely with the three sheriff's deputies
who had him in charge. He uneXpect-
eddy broke out into statement about
himself, which was most interesting.
Boys" he exclaimed, "You know [
haven't been very talkative, but as 1
have only few hours more to live I
would like TO say some thing. You re-
member the night before poor Hovey
was hanged what he said about rum.
''He said if he had never drank in
toxicating liquors he never would have
been hanged. Well, l am sorry that I
didn't take his words to heart, for if I
had wouldn't be here now Drink
has done for me what it did for him
and good many others who went be-
fore him. Rum made me murderer.
when my father died about four
years ago he left a thousand dollars
My mother died a year later and she
left about the same amount. had two
brothers and sister, rs / have now,
but the money came into my hands.
81 determined on starting in some
business, and after making inquiries
and looking around a good deal I
fho1,nIk III CD Y.+ IN, fba h,,ff
eggs business.
Il had my mind pretty nearly made
up to buy small butter store, when a
friend of mine came to me and told me
about "a liquor store which he said 1
could get cheap. 1 didn't like the
idea at first, but eventually made up
my mind | would try the gin business,
and so bought out the store.
'It was then my ruination began. /
went along pretty well for awhile. The
money / had didn't last but short
time, however, and between the bad
luck had in business and the fond
ness for rum that / contracted,
brought myself to where | am now.
"My advice to any young man
would be to avoid rum.
III had no more intention of killing
Harmon than any of you had. had
been drinking. Some kind of kick
occurred between me and Harmon; |,
unfortunately, had gun. 1t went
off, and that's the whole story of the
case. Irish World.
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Human Sacrifice in India.

A strange story of human sacrifice
comes from the Madras Presidency in
India. A woman was supposed to be
possessed of the devil. Her father con-
suited an exorcist, who said that hui
man sacrifice was necessary. Accord
ingly one night her father, the exorcist,
and five or six others met. and after
some religious ceremonies sent for the
selected victim. He came without sus-
pecting treachery, and was piled with
drink till he was senseless, when his
head was cut of, and his blood mixed
with rice was offered to some deity.
The body was then hacked so as to de-
ceive the police and thrown into a
tank. The murderers. having been
arrested. have made 3 full confession
~ 7. Post,
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POOR MACHINERY.
Money Lost by the Use of Inferior Farm
Implements and Tools.

Money Lost by the Use of Interior Farm
Implements and Tools.
There is q great deal of money lost
every year by using poor tools and
machines or those that are not proper
ly cared for. With poor tools man
works at q disadvantage and can not
accomplish so much or do his work SO
easily as when provided with those
that are in first class order. Let two
men be set at the same kind of work,
the one with a bright, sharp spade, for
instance, and the other with one dull
and rusty. The difference in the
amount of work done will show plain
ly, and give an idea of what is lost
each year on the farm by carelessness
in this respect. 1t is not economy to
work with a poor machine when one
can be procured that will do the work
more rapidly and with less fatigue for
workmen and horses, and at the same
time put in or secure the crop in better
condition. The proper preparation of
the ground for seeding will make q
difference in the crop sufficient to
more than pay for what is needed to
do the work as it should be done. The
best machines as rule require fewer
men and horses to operate them and
thus a large saving is made at the
start. This, with the better way in
which the work can be done, shows
very plainly that it is economy to Sc
cure the best, even should the price be
higher than that charged for what is
less perfect. The way in which ma
chimes are cared for is important, too,
not only in the way of getting the
work done in the easiest manner, but
also in securing the wear of them as
long as possible. See that they are
kept well oiled, clean and in every way
in condition for rapid work. When
the work is done for the season, then
see that the machines are put away in
good condition for the next year. The
best machines when not used properly,
or not cared for afterwards, will rapid
ly depreciate. Neglect in this direction
has worn out more machinery than the
use of it. If the farmer has not already
i proper building in which to protect
his machines from the weather, he will
find it economy to build one. This will
not only protect his investment but
will insure against delay when the ma
chimes are wanted for use again
National Lire StocE Journal.
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LESSONS FROM NATURE.
WISCONSIN

o, mani with cares OF life distraught,
And schemes and intrigues dreary;
o, woman worn with social rounds,
Or overworked and weary
Come forth, and let the stirring air
Smooth from your brow the lines Of care.
Let the sweet perfume Of the flowers,
The breezes softly blowing,
The gushing laughter OF the rills,
From rock to meadows going,
Sweep from your yearts the fevered heat,
And leave them pure and calm and sweet.
The hill and vale, with varied voice
Ofpurity, are telling;
The tale is waited on the breeze,
And in Inc brook is yelling;
While clear and cool, on airs Of morn,
The breezy sounds of life are borne.
In giddy life and civil strife
The loving heart is shrunken;
Unselfshness is dried away;
The soul in self grows drunken;
! But look on field and flood and see
Their quiet love and harmony.
/ Man, fretful, hurries through his work,
Nervous and worn and weary,
And looks with eager heart for rest
From duties tIresome, dreary;
But Natures swelling, bounding heart
Longs in the world to do its part.
The mind of man a little does,
With Earring and commotion;
But Natures broader plans are wrought
With noiseless pure devotion;
Through babbling brook and songster glee
Her thoughts work out In harmony.
The little blades across the field
Each hour the same are springing;
No change is wrought from day to day,
TO tell OF harvest bringing:
But when the season comes again,
The fields are bowed with waving grain.
-, The tiny bud with leaflets green,
s The self-same bud is seeming,
Yet, opening slow, the leaves disclose
The crimson petals cleaning,
T. Until the perfumed, blushing rose
Full in the dewy morning CLOVIS.
The sparkling brook on mountain bed
From rock to rock is flowing;
= ~ drinks the rills along its path,
But scarce is wider growing,
Yet, sweeping boundless through the plain,
AS mighty river meets the main.
o, might the foods of grief for wrong
Cleanse human hearts forever,
And through their soiled and dusty paths
Sweep down as in a river,
That when the clouds have cleared away,
Might break the calm and odorous day;
That modesty and peace and Joy,
. Devotion purely springing,
,@lght watt their perfume on the air
OF loving breezes winging,
And sweet IA human hearts be born
q clear and cool and dewy morn.
o, that man might with bounding breath
To daily tasks be going,
Che gushing waters of his soul
In labor overlooking.
Ills mindBe fresh, his limbs be free
To work with tireless energy.
Then would his plans adjust themselves,
No longer iarring. grating,
With silent force and harmony
Work out his wishes, waiting,
ARd all his powers would be in frame
VI praise his great Creators name.
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A crime. as We'll as a Sin.

While SO much healthful discussion
goes on relative to the destruction of
the saloon system, it should not be lost
sight of that drunkenness is crime as
well as sin, and that society is bound
to SO regard it. The kind of senti-
mentalism that makes it mistake, a
fault, and sometimes only kind of
reasonable misfortune, is always on
hand, and more, of course, at such a
time as the present, when the thought
of the people is brought SO to bear
against the drunkard-makers. But it
is wrong. A speaker at meeting in
ar Eastern city recently made the su,
gestion that every first conviction of
drunkenness should be visited with the
penalty of d denial of the right of suf-
frage for year. That, or something
equivalent to it, would be useful.
United PRESBYTERIAN
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HUMOROUS.

When you say that you don'tkno
which are the latest letters in the
alphabet you will be told o B c. T,
whereupon you are expected to exclaim
OIC.
-Pugilist-'I heard you wanted to
hire some one to post bills" Show
mani do. Have you had experi-
ence? Pho, but Tn frst-class
pas ter. Boston Budget.
"A Haverstraw woman, who be-
lieved there was "good luck" in hay
ing a bird fly in house, chased a
canary bird in, and in doing so upset
and broke ten-dollar looking glass
lMiddIetotons Mercury.
The Proper Study of Mankind. =
"What is manP' sighed Haroun Alras-
child. To-day he is here and to-
morrow he is in Canada, and the next
day nobody knows where in thunder
he is - It'd Bits,
THAT Damsel from Maine
A dashing young damsel from Me-,
w d lace luOSt ulCOUulOnlV RlG.,
Had such cute little Ft.,
That when seen on the ST.,
Young 'Cholly' was driven Inse
Philadelphia Press.
cure for rheumatism Boston Ba6dQet.
There has been much discussion as
to what language will be the last to be
spoken on the earth; but it is strange
that no one has suggested that it will,
of course. be the Finish. - Golden
Rule.
-"Reuben, +" said Mrs. Stubs, laying
down the evening paper, "what is
meant by optimismP "Optimism?'
Eyes. The paper says that optimism
is not characteristic of the modern
age" Optimism, Hannah, is dis
ease of the eye, an you'll git it the
fust thing you know, if you keep on a.
readin' that fine print. "-1Sd-Bits.
-Ma-"Now, you must be good,
Algy. Algy-.' How much viii you
give me for being good?' Ma How
much will give youP" A:-"Yes'm. =
Ma Nothing, of course" A.-"Then
won't be good.n Ma-"You won't?''
A.-"Not unless you pay for il" Ma
-''Why not?n A. because / would
then be good for-nothing boy
Pennaaa's Art Journal.
Uncle Jack returns from a long
walk, and, being somewhat thirsty,
drinks from tumbler he finds on the
table. Enter his little niece Alice, who
instantly sets up cry of despair. Un-
Gle Jack-s'What's the matter, Alliepn
Alice (weeping)-"You've drinked up
my aquarium, and you've swallowed
my free pollywogs. Harvard Lam
po0n.
Fit For An Asylum-First Omaha
Girl-.sYes, that Mr.. Newbeam is
handsome, but he's such fool Sec
ond Omaha Girl-s'It doesn't seem pos
sible." Its true. though. At the
concert the other night | caught him
staring at me and / looked back at him
in surprised, angry sort of way, you
know" ''Of course" s'Well, he
didn't once glance in my direction
again the whole evening. - Omaha
World.
An Irishman, writing to his wife,
who was still III could Ireland be-
gan his letter BY making the follow
ing surprising Statement: '.It's a
foine country, Bridget, an no mis-
take. I've this day put phwat they
call an inshoorance on me loife, an if
I'd fall down a ladder wild me hod an
break me neck tomorry, begorra an
I'd get twenty-five dollars a wake as
long as I'm dead It's a foine
country; that's phwat it is, ~ Detroit
grss Press.
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NEW YORK FASHION LETTER.
| Attractive Summer Novelties-Pretty and
Inexpensive Goods = Drapings, Wrap
pings, Etc.

Attractive Summer Novelties-Pretty and
Inexpensive Goods : Drapings, Wrap
pings, Etc.
Especial Correspondence
Sumrer novelties crowd the shop win
dows and counters, which prove far toe
tempting, in price, design and quality, te
be passed by without purchase, and the
more expensive fabrics are IN many in
stances left unsold. The passing wonder
to many experienced shoppers this year is
how such really handsome and desirable
textiles can be sold at their present low
rates with any profit to either manufact-
urer or merchant However, this matter
is not one for their solving. They have
only to be thank ul that this season the
ssdress money! allowance can be made to
go so far, and that such uncommonly at
tractive effects can be produced with so
little outlay of green backs. No lady need
In these modern days be dowd, or look
any thing but well-dressed and stylish
member of society, for one dollar will go
nearly as far as two did in former times.
Among the list Of pretty, inexpensive
goods are the old-fashioned challies, which
are brought out in new patterns softer
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and finer than ever
before, really com
peting in populari-
ty with the most
expensive French
vailing which they
r e S e m b l e, but
proving more dura-
Bile for general
wear. Exquisitely
delicate designs
ere printed upon
their sheer wool
foundations; and a
favorable garni-
ture for gowns
made of the challie,
is tiny black or
dark colored vel
vet ribbon set on
in straight rows.
French cashmere
is another very
popular summer
fabric for tailor
gowns for utility
purposes. This
fabric is made to
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PROMENADE COSTUME. form an entire
suit, or is used as fancy polonalse over
the new handsome striped suitings, which
show clusters of pin stripes in various
colors, the lines mostly brilliant on neu-
trail grounds of fawn. dove, beige, ETC., but the
patterns are in no degree conspicuous, ow
ing to the narrowness of the stripes.
A celebrated designer of costumes, in
this city, shows among his original crea-
tions, three exceptionally stilish and
unique models which are severally illus
strated here One, a taylor suit of .faile
trancais, is particularly adopted to stout
woman as all the full. drapery is confined
to the back of the skirt A wide pana1 at
the side is decorated with special design
in applique, formed of Russian silk gimp.
A pretty departure is shown IN the ar
rangement of the front of tho basque,
which is cut with double-breasted piece
reaching only half way down the bodice,
the remainder buttoning straight down
the front.